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@with IMPROVED METHOD OF EXHIBITING THE GAS OI MINERAL SPRINGS. I

JSP. HASIQINS, OF SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK. Letters Patent No. 60,001,dated November 27, 1866.

SPECIFIOATON.

TO ALL WHOM IT IIAY'CONCERN:

Be it known that I, J. P. HASKINS, of Saratoga Springs, in the countyof- Saratoga, and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful improvements in Exhibiting the Gases in Mineral Waters; and I dehieby declare that the' following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had tothe accompanying drawingmaking part of this speciiication7 in Which- Eigure I is a sideelevation. Figure 2 a horizontal section. Like letters indicate likeparts in each of the iigures. The object of my invention is to exhibitthe gas or gases, contained in the Water of 'mineral or medicinalsprings, as the 'former rises through the water and previous to itsescape therefrom. To accomplish this object, I first dig down to thevein of Water, where it issues from the solid earth or rock, as the easemay be, and then insert or build around it a tube of suiiicient capacityto conduct the Water to the surface. This tube or aqueduet must he soconstructed as not to permit the escape of the water or gas until itreaches the surface. Attached to this tube, at 0r above the surfaceoi`the ground, is the reservoir, A, into which the water rises from below,as represented in iig. l. The gas contained in the Water will then risethrough it, in the form of globules, J which, as they ascend through theWater and emerge into the light, will resemble globules of quicksilver;thus rendering them plainly visible to the eye ofthe spectator. Thisreservoir may be constructed as represented, of a suitable frame, withglass inserted in its sides, as represented by a, and may be made of anysize or form that fancy may dictate, or, when convenient, a single glasstube of proper size may be used, nand thus dispense with the frame. Anopening is left at the top, as at e, for the escape of the gas after itleaves the Water. Where the water will not rise naturally into thereservoir, the latter may be located at a lower elevation and the waterbe conveyed to it by pipes, or it may be forced by artificial means upinto the reservoir; but in all cases care must be taken to prevent theescape ot' the gas from the Water beforereaehing the reservoir, whichonly requires that the spring be covered over air-tight, and the pipeconnected thereto, so as to receive and convey the wateirwth the gas asthey rise from the spring, and permit no escape of the gas until itrises through the water in the reservoir.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, is- The method hereindescribed of exhibiting the gas `contained in mineral waters, while theyare ascending through the same, and before reaehing the surface.

J. I). IIASKINS.

Witnesses:

S. B. LAKE, JOSEPH A. HAsKrNs.

